How does cisneros play around with connotation and denotation with the word "only"? (example: "i am the only daughter and only a daughter")?

Explanation:

I think in both stories there is some type of idea that you have to be perfect  to make their parents happy when in reality you don't

You don't have to be exactly like your parents you don't have to take the same paths they took ; Because we only get one life and you should live it as you choose and not the way someone excepts you to.

major league baseball

explanation:

jack roosevelt robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball.as he was the first african american to play in the major leagues, jackie robinson became the target of racial abuse. jackie robinson is referring to the historic event, harlem riot.